Genesis 12:5:3Gen.12.5.W3PAT
אֶת־שָׂרַ֨י
etsarai
“Sarai”
- Transliteration
- ET-sa-RAI
- Extended
- EET-sah-RAI
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.saˈraj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sarai
- French
- Saraï
- Spanish
- Sarai
- Portuguese
- Sarai
- German
- Sarai
- Russian
- Сараи
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَارَاي
- Hindi
- सरै
- Chinese-Simplified
- 撒莱
- Korean
- 사래
- Indonesian
- Sarai
- Bengali
- সারাই
- Tagalog
- Sarai
- Swahili
- Sarai
- Amharic
- ሣራይ
- Yoruba
- Sarai
- Igbo
- Sarai
- Twi
- Sarai
- Ewe
- Sarai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-sa-RAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO
- clause
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot son of his brother and all their possessions that they had acquired and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran they set out to go to the land of Canaan they came to the land of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 12:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שָׂרַ֨י (etsarai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.12.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.5.W3.S1) and character.